Gamma hydroxybutyrate is an anaesthetic drug with sedative properties and is a central nervous system depressant. Gamma hydroxy butyrate is also referred to as GHB, Fantasy, Grievous Bodily Harm, GBH, Liquid E, and Liquid X.
NSW Government
NSW Health
Gamma-Hydroxy-Butyrate (GHB)
Factsheet - Also provides telephone numbers for counselling services in all Australian states.
State Library of NSW - drug info @ your library
Information on the drug info @ your library site directs you to links with information about gammahydroxybutyrate. drug info @ your library is designed to help libraries in NSW provide drug information.
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Australia
ADF Position on Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB)
The official position of the ADF on GHB.
ACON – AIDS Council of New South Wales
Factsheet on GHB
Druginfo Clearinghouse
GHB / Fantasy
Medical Journal of Australia (MJA)
Fatalities associated with the use of gammahydroxybutyrate and its analogues in Australasia
A study that supports the existing evidence that GHB overdose is associated with fatalities, and that fatal overdoses occur in the context of isolated use and when GHB is the only substance taken. 2004
Medicine Australia
GHB - the new party drug
An article providing statistics on usage of GHB in Australia.
myDr
Fantasy (GHB)
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC)
GHB Use Patterns and Associated Harms
Factsheet
Australian Trends In Ecstasy And Related Drug Markets 2005
Findings from the Party Drugs Initiative (PDI)
Victorian Government Health Information
Drugs - GHB
Includes information and resources on running a safe dance party
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International
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
GHB: A Club Drug To Watch
Factsheet
Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
GHB
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Rohypnol and GHB
Factsheet
- Epidemiologic Trends in Drug Abuse Advance Report, December 2001
Information on club drugs.
Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP):
- Gamma Hydroxybutyrate (GHB)
Factsheet
- Club Drugs (MDMA/Ecstasy, Rohypnol, GHB. Ketamine)
Parents. The Anti-Drug
Drug Information: GHB
Information is also available in Spanish, Cambodian, Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese.
US Dept. of Health. National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI)
- Gamma Hydroxy Butyrate (GHB)
Publications
- National Drug Intelligece Center. Intelligence Bulletin: GHB Trafficking and Abuse
This report provides an assessment of GHB (gamma-hydroxybutyrate) trafficking and abuse in the United States. It includes information on the drug's availability, abuse, production, transportation and distribution. September 2004
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Factsheets
American Council for Drug Education
Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
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